Arts Notes: Symphony welcomes New Year with concert

Wednesday

Dec 25, 2013 at 4:57 PM

The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra will help ring in the new year in Jacoby Concert Hall with a "Toast! To the New Year!" concert at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Stuart Chafetz will conduct the orchestra in a program of symphonic favorites and Broadway tenor Mike Eldred will sing.

Following the concert there will be live music and dance. Hors d'oeuvres will be served, each ticket holder will receive two free glasses of champagne and there will be cash bar. At midnight, concert-goers will have a private view of the fireworks over the St. Johns River from The Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, 300 Water St.

Tickets are $150 and $75. Go to www.JaxSymphony.org or call (904) 354-5547.

At 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, Jacksonville Symphony String Musicians will perform a chamber concert in the Baroque Gallery of the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave. The program features music by Hadyn and Mendelssohn, with two quartets performing on violin, viola and cello. A cocktail reception will follow. Tickets are $20 with proceeds going to support education programs by the Symphony and the Cummer. Go to www.JaxSymphony.org or call (904) 354-5547.

At 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, the Jacksonville Symphony Chorus will hold auditions for all voices, particularly tenors, for the symphony's upcoming performance of Verdi's "Requiem" Feb. 27-March 1. The auditions will be in Marks Chapel on the campus of Jacksonville University. Those interested should call (904) 354-5479 to schedule an audition.

At 11 a.m. Saturday, the Jacksonville Symphony String Quartet will perform "Musical Storybooks," a program for pre-K children at the downtown Main Library, 303 N. Laura St. Admission is free.

The St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum and the Flagler College Crisp-Ellert Art Museum each received $10,000 grants.

The Art League of Jacksonville, Fernandina Little Theatre, First Coast Opera, Friday Musicale, Opera Jacksonville and Riverside Fine Arts were selected for an educational program focused on helping them build organizational capacity.

Legacy Trust sponsors Ponte Vedra tour

The Legacy Trust Family Wealth Offices has agreed to again be title sponsor for the Ponte Vedra Beach Home and Art Tour, which will take place Saturday, April 5. The annual event is a fundraiser for The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach.

For a $35 ticket, patrons are able to visit some of Ponte Vedra's most luxurious homes and view the way art has been displayed in the homes. The self-guide tour takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

'Pump Boys and Dinettes' at Alhambra

"Pump Boys and Dinettes," a musical set at a North Carolina filling station and a neighboring diner, opens Saturday, Dec. 28, at the Alhambra Theatre & Dining.

Performances are nightly except Monday with matinees on Saturday and Sunday through Feb. 2. Tickets range from $47-$55 including a meal, with children's tickets $35. Tickets will be $38 on Saturday, Dec. 28, and Sunday, Dec. 29. Go to www.alhambrajax.com or call (904) 641-1212.

'Soulful Nutcracker' jazzes up classic

"The Soulful Nutcracker," which puts an urban spin on the holiday classic "The Nutcracker," and incorporates African dance, hip hop and jazz with ballet, will have two performances at The Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Dec. 28.

Tickets to the 2 p.m. performance are $25 and $40 and can be purchased at bit.ly/18PnRVd. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. performance are $30 and $50 and can be purchased at bit.ly/1ji2xlh.

'Lessons and Carols' at the Cathedral

The St. Johns Cathedral Choir, directed by Tim Tuller, will perform "Nine Lessons and Carols" at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31. The concert, at the Cathedral, 256 E. Church St., is free. A nursery will be provided.

New art exhibits

open at airport

Four new art exhibits are opening at the Jacksonville International Airport.

An exhibit of paintings by Candance Fasano and Marie Shell at the Haskell Gallery opens Monday, Dec, 30, in the pre-security second floor lobby of the airport. Decorative wall plates and sculpture by John Cheer go on display in the pre-security Connector Bridge Art Display Cases Wednesday, Jan. 9. Photography by John Adams goes on display in the post-security Art Display Cases in Concourses A & C Wednesday, Jan. 1.

JCA auditioning for 'Annie' production

The Theatre of Youth at the Jewish Community Alliance will hold open auditions for its upcoming production of "Annie" at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5, at the JCA, 8505 San Jose Blvd. For information, including program fees, call (904) 730-2100 ext. 252.

Tuesday Serenade at Main Library

The Tuesday Serenade, performed by violinist Min Young Cho and pianist Eun Ni Lee, will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, in the Hicks Auditorium in Jacksonville's Main Library, 303 N. Laura St. The concert is free.

Send submissions to Arts Notes to charlie.patton@jacksonville.com. The deadline for Sunday publication is 5 p.m. Tuesday.

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